End-Permian Extinction Was Nearly Instantaneous, According To MIT Researchers, RedOrbit, Feb. 11, 2014 http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113068160/mass-extinction-happened-faster-than-previously-believed-021114/
It Took 60,000 Years to Kill Nearly Everything on Earth by Becky Oskin, Live Science, Feb. 10, 2014 http://www.livescience.com/43245-permian-mass-extinction-duration.html Giant mass extinction may have been quicker than previously thought, Science News, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 http://esciencenews.com/articles/2014/02/11/giant.mass.extinction.may.have.been.quicker.previously.thought An extinction in the blink of an eye. MIT researchers find that the end-Permian extinction happened in 60,000 years — much faster than earlier estimates. Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office, February 10, 2014 http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2014/an-extinction-in-the-blink-of-an-eye-0210.html The paper is: Burgess, S. D., S. Bowring, and S.-Z. Shen, 2014, High-precision timeline for Earth’s most severe extinction PNAS 2014 ; published ahead of print February 10, 2014, doi:10.1073/pnas.1317692111 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/02/04/1317692111.abstract Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
